ISI defaults on electricity bills worth Rs 8.2 mn

Islamabad: Several government and military organisations, including the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, owe a state-run Pakistani power utility over Rs 7 billion, according to information provided to Parliament.

The ISI has defaulted on electricity bills worth Rs 8.2 million while the Intelligence Bureau owes Rs 2.72 million to the Islamabad Electric Supply Company, Power Minister Naveed Qamar said in a written reply to a question in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament.

Of the government departments, Pakistan Railways was the biggest defaulter with an outstanding amount of Rs 410 million.